Search for singly and pair-produced leptoquarks coupling to third-generation fermions in proton-proton collisions at √s=13 TeV

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Sirunyan, A. M. [1 ]
Tumasyan, A. [1 ]
Adam, W. [2 ]
Bergauer, T. [2 ]
Dragicevic, M. [2 ]
Ero, J. [2 ]
Del Valle, A. Escalante [2 ]
Fruhwirth, R. [2 ,219 ]
Jeitler, M. [2 ,219 ]
Krammer, N. [2 ]
Lechner, L. [2 ]
Liko, D. [2 ]
Mikulec, I [2 ]
Pitters, F. M. [2 ]
Rad, N. [2 ]
Schieck, J. [2 ,219 ]
Schofbeck, R. [2 ]
Spanring, M. [2 ]
Templ, S. [2 ]
Waltenberger, W. [2 ]
Wulz, C-E [2 ,219 ]
Zarucki, M. [2 ]
Chekhovsky, V [3 ]
Litomin, A. [3 ]
Makarenko, V [3 ]
Gonzalez, J. Suarez [3 ]
Darwish, M. R. [4 ,220 ]
De Wolf, E. A. [4 ]
Di Croce, D. [4 ]
Janssen, X. [4 ]
Kello, T. [4 ,6 ]
Lelek, A. [4 ]
Pieters, M. [4 ]
Sfar, H. Rejeb [4 ]
Van Haevermaet, H. [4 ]
Van Mechelen, P. [4 ]
Van Putte, S. [4 ]
Van Remortel, N. [4 ]
Blekman, F. [5 ]
Bols, E. S. [5 ]
Chhibra, S. S. [5 ]
D'Hondt, J. [5 ]
De Clercq, J. [5 ]
Lontkovskyi, D. [5 ]
Lowette, S. [5 ]
Marchesini, I [5 ]
Moortgat, S. [5 ]
Morton, A. [5 ]
Muller, D. [5 ]
Python, Q. [5 ]
机构
[1] Yerevan Phys Inst, Yerevan, Armenia
[2] Inst Hochenergiephys, Vienna, Austria
[3] Inst Nucl Problems, Minsk, BELARUS
[4] Univ Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
[5] Vrije Univ Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
[6] Univ Libre Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
[7] Univ Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
[8] Catholic Univ Louvain, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium
[9] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[10] Univ Estado Rio de Janeiro, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
[11] Univ Estadual Paulista, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[12] Univ Fed ABC, Sao Paulo, Brazil
[13] Bulgarian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res & Nucl Energy, Sofia, Bulgaria
[14] Univ Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
[15] Beihang Univ, Beijing, Peoples R China
[16] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[17] Inst High Energy Phys, Beijing, Peoples R China
[18] Peking Univ, State Key Lab Nucl Phys & Technol, Beijing, Peoples R China
[19] Sun Yat Sen Univ, Guangzhou, Peoples R China
[20] Fudan Univ, Inst Modern Phys, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[21] Fudan Univ, Key Lab Nucl Phys & Ion Beam Applicat MOE, Shanghai, Peoples R China
[22] Zhejiang Univ, Hangzhou, Peoples R China
[23] Univ Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
[24] Univ Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia
[25] Univ Split, Fac Elect Engn Mech Engn & Naval Architecture, Split, Croatia
[26] Univ Split, Fac Sci, Split, Croatia
[27] Inst Rudjer Boskovic, Zagreb, Croatia
[28] Univ Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
[29] Charles Univ Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
[30] Escuela Politec Nacl, Quito, Ecuador
[31] Univ San Francisco Quito, Quito, Ecuador
[32] Egyptian Network High Energy Phys, Acad Sci Res & Technol Arab Republ Egypt, Cairo, Egypt
[33] Fayoum Univ, Ctr High Energy Phys CHEP FU, Al Fayyum, Egypt
[34] NICPB, Tallinn, Estonia
[35] Univ Helsinki, Dept Phys, Helsinki, Finland
[36] Helsinki Inst Phys, Helsinki, Finland
[37] Lappeenranta Univ Technol, Lappeenranta, Finland
[38] Univ Paris Saclay, IRFU, CEA, Gif Sur Yvette, France
[39] Ecole Polytech, Lab Leprince Ringuet, Inst Polytech Paris, CNRS IN2P3, Palaiseau, France
[40] Univ Strasbourg, CNRS, IPHC UMR 7178, Strasbourg, France
[41] Univ Lyon, Inst Phys Nucl Lyon, CNRS IN2P3, Univ Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
[42] Georgian Tech Univ, Tbilisi, Georgia
[43] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst 1, Aachen, Germany
[44] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst A 3, Aachen, Germany
[45] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, Phys Inst B 3, Aachen, Germany
[46] DESY, Hamburg, Germany
[47] Univ Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
[48] Karlsruher Inst Technol, Karlsruhe, Germany
[49] NCSR Demokritos, Inst Nucl & Particle Phys INPP, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
[50] Natl & Kapodistrian Univ Athens, Athens, Greece
基金
芬兰科学院; 欧洲研究理事会; 欧盟地平线“2020”; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会;
关键词
CMS; Search for new physics; Leptoquarks; MODEL; EXTENSION; INVARIANT;
D O I
10.1016/j.physletb.2021.136446
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
A search for leptoquarks produced singly and in pairs in proton-proton collisions is presented. We consider the leptoquark (LQ) to be a scalar particle of charge -1/3e coupling to a top quark plus a tau lepton (t tau) or a bottom quark plus a neutrino (b nu), or a vector particle of charge +2/3e, coupling to t nu or b tau. These choices are motivated by models that can explain a series of anomalies observed in the measurement of B meson decays. In this analysis the signatures t tau nu b and t tau nu are probed, using data recorded by the CMS experiment at the CERN LHC at root s = 13 TeV and that correspond to an integrated luminosity of 137 fb(-1). These signatures have not been previously explored in a dedicated search. The data are found to be in agreement with the standard model prediction. Lower limits at 95% confidence level are set on the LQ mass in the range 0.98-1.73 TeV, depending on the LQ spin and its coupling lambda to a lepton and a quark, and assuming equal couplings for the two LQ decay modes considered. These are the most stringent constraints to date on the existence of leptoquarks in this scenario. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.
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